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  1. JohnBriggs12
    I did read something that Murton wanted to return to play here, but Roenicke would be hard pressed to find AB's for him as the Brewers are currently constituted. He can only really play LF and he's not very good out there either. If Hart got traded, a Murton/Jason Kubel platoon in LF with Braun moving to RF might be pretty effective offensively. But that's getting the cart way out ahead of the horse.
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    Seriously, the guy is delusional. I realize that he had a remarkable career in that he was able to parlay marginal talent into such a long career and $21 million and he's to be commended for that but numbers are numbers and it's a bottom line business. He had that one remarkable year in 09 when it seemed as if he found the fountain of youth. But he's now 41 and to stick around at that age you better produce, and a.503 OPS isn't exactly producing. Had he been playing anywhere but his home town, he wouldn't have survived a full year last year.
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    Mark Attanasio does not get enough credit nationally for what he's done in Milwaukee. He's truly as passionate as any ardent fan and he's been willing to repay fan's loyalty by putting money back into the team. Fielder may indeed end up elsewhere and if he does, there will be all the usual comments that a team like Milwaukee couldn't keep him, blah, blah, blah. But I've never doubted that Attanasio was and is sincere when he talks about trying to keep Prince. Nor do I doubt that if he leaves that the Brewers will seriously explore signing an impact player like Reyes to make up for it. Attanasio wants to win as badly as we do, and he understands and appreciates the fans flocking to Miller Park. You can (and I have) disagree with individual moves he's made. But you can't deny his passion for the Brewers and for that we should be thankful.
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    Speaking of accuracy, this is an inaccurate statement. Hart had just 3 OF assists last year to Braun's 8. If Braun's arm were so inaccurate, he'd have more than 6 errors in the 603 games he's played in LF. Hart's arm isn't exceptional. It's adequate but it's never discussed as one that teams fear to run on.
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    I can say we don't need him because we have 5 solid starters already, and you have to give up quite a bit to get him. I'd rather stick with who we have in the rotation and keep Hart and whoever else might be traded than get Jurrjens. I'm not saying that he's not a better pitcher than guys we have, but we don't NEED him to the point that we should be giving up a lot for him. I don't see the Brewers being a fit for a trade here. Jurrjens will go to the Royals and Prado will go somewhere else. The 5 "solid starters" the Brewers have will get them a solid 80-85 wins next year, then 3 of them will be gone unless you want to throw big money after Greinke who's going to want to be paid like the 09 pitcher he was, not the guy he is now. Jurjens is at least under control beyond next year. I'd take Prado and Jurjens for Hart and a prospect. I don't think the Braves will though.
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    Listening to Dwayne Mosley was like fingernails on a blackboard. He loved to listen to himself talk and used way too many words to describe simple action. In short, he was horrible. It's a shame that Harmon wasn't around a few years longer until Pat Hughes took over. He and Ueck together were terrific. Harmon had worked for years in Kansas City as the A's lead guy. He replaced Earl Gillespie in the Braves booth when Earl stepped down following the 1963 season. He was also radio voice of the New York Jets through their glory years with Joe Namath. It's amazing that Selig was able to land Harmon with such short notice when the Pilots became the Brewers, but Bud had basically run the Braves Milwaukee operation their last year in Milwaukee as the carpetbaggers wouldn't step foot in Wisconsin that season and it must have been Bud and Merle had an agreement that if and when he secured a team, Merle was his guy. The black hole that was Lorn Brown and Dwayne Mosley for some of the best years in team history is a travesty. Neither of those two belonged anywhere near a major league booth. Provus moves from a 96 win team to a 63 win team. Enjoy those rain delays Cory.
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    Scott Podsednik retained a lot of his trade value after his numbers slipped significantly in 2004. They may not have slipped as much as McGehee, but he only had the one big year (2003) and Casey had 1 and 3/4. I use him as a comparable because like McGehee, he was a bit of a late bloomer that was had off of waivers by the Brewers. Teams can look at a guy like McGehee and see a buy low candidate. I still think McGehee has some value. It's quite possible he could rebound and be productive.
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    Baltimore doesn't make sense for any FA that places any importance on playing for a winner. I think Attanasio is prepared to go $135 million over 6 ($22 million per year, with a team option for year 7 and a $3 million buyout). I believe most the teams mentioned have interest around that level and length but not higher. The one possible exception is the Angels. Kendrys Morales has played 51 games in the last two years. Torii Hunter and Bobby Abreu come off their books after 2012. If I had to bet, Prince will either still be a Brewer or he'll be an Angel.
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    "the rise of the Cubs is coinciding with the fall of the Cardinals"???? Did I miss something? Has Pujols signed elsewhere? Did Berkman retire? Did Wainwright have a setback? Provided they re-sign Pujols, there won't be one expert that won't pick the Cardinals to win the division next year.
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    Our window is open a crack. If Fielder walks, and they don't bring in Reyes, it's officially closed.
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    Amazing isn't it that Sveum is now the hottest candidate out there. He must have impressed everyone with those scouting reports every night on the opposing pitcher. Seriously, if there's a guy on the Brewer coaching staff I think would make a great manager its Ed Sedar. There's definitely discrimination in baseball against good guys. In other news, the Cardinals, that's right the Cardinals, asked the Phillies for permission to interview Ryne Sandberg. (That minor earthquake in Arizona was Ron Santo spinning in his grave). Guess that ends the chances of Ryno getting a statue outside of Wrigley.
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    Not so fast, he's also in the running for the Cub job.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    The White Sox are not trading Ramirez. Escobar isn't ready for major league pitching. He'd hit .225/.275/.325 playing full time in the major leagues. Forget Jack Wilson. Ryan isn't bad but he's not much different than FA trio of Betancourt, Cedeno, or Barmes, so why give up a player to get him? Gonzales had as bad an OBP as Betancourt last year and he's 5 years older. I'm passing. I'm not sure about Lowrie. He's potentiallya better than average offensive SS, but shaky with the glove. It would depend on what you'd have to give up. I think the Twins plan on going hard after Barmes. He fits their profile and they are desperate. That will drive his price beyond what a 33 year old SS with a .230 BA away from Coors is worth. The Brewers could decide they could squeeze a year out of 38 year old Jamey Carroll and re-sign Hairston to basically split the SS and utility position. Both were pretty productive last year and that might work as both can hit 2nd in the order. Otherwise, I see either Betancourt or Cedeno at SS on opening day. Of course all this presumes they don't go out and sign Reyes.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    Minneapolis isn't all that big. There are 14 larger markets in MLB representing 18 teams and most of them are significantly larger. Furthermore, the 2nd and 3rd largest markets in Minnesota, Duluth and St. Cloud combined are smaller than Madison. Throw in Appleton, Wausau, and Green Bay and there are 4 markets besides Milwaukee in Wisconsin larger than the 2nd largest in Minnesota. That's not even mentioning the 3rd largest market in the US is within listening range of WTMJ and there are Brewer fans down here. Milwaukee is part of a megalopolis that stretches basically from Kankakee, IL on the south to Green Bay on the north that's essentially the 3rd largest in the nation.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    He's not necessarily predicted they'll sign both Fielder and Ramirez, but that he ranks the Brewers as most likely independently of each other. Still there are ways the Brewers can trim salary. If they did sign Fielder or Ramirez or even Reyes, they'd be sure to deal or non tender McGehee. They could also deal a starter that they don't control beyond this year and they could go on the cheap for the bullpen, and non tender Loe to go along with the guys leaving via FA.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    MLB Trade Rumors projects the 7 Brewers eligible for arbitration: Marcum $6.8 million McGehee $3.1 million Loe $2.8 million Morgan $1.9 million Gomez $1.8 million Parra $1.2 million Kottaras $.8 million It lists only Parra as a non-tender candidate. I would add Loe to that list myself. They could use the money saved on him for a better late inning option. They'd probably look to deal McGehee before they'd non-tender him but it's not a no-brainer that he gets tendered if they significantly upgraded the left side at either SS or 3B.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    "I just doubt Melvin is going to trade the the guy because of 6 bad weeks since he did trade his top prospect for him less than 12 months ago" Perhaps. But those 6 weeks weren't in June and July, they were at the end of the season and in the playoffs. He's certainly not going to offer Marcum an extension which is something he might have been inclined to do had Marcum finished strong. Still Marcum figures to get a hefty raise in arbitration. I think the die has been cast on the relative merits of the Lawrie for Marcum deal and it wasn't a long term win for the Brewers. Lawrie was thought to be expendable because they still had McGehee. That didn't work and Marcum's late failures in large part negated much of his value from earlier. There's a very good possibility that any and all of Greinke, Wolf and Marcum could be shopped as the trading deadline approaches. Melvin's always been more inclined to deal in the winter, when he can line up more suitors. If he thinks he can do better with the money that would have gone to Marcum, for a different FA pitcher or player, they are still getting some benefit out of that deal at least.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    Braun is a solid defensive left fielder. He was never all that bad and he's improved. I never understood the criticism of his defense. LF is generally a position for a bat. You don't expect great defense there. By comparison to the rest of the leaugue, Braun's certainly in the upper half.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    Ken Davidoff has the Brewers dropping $15 million on the mediocre pair of Carlos Pena and Clint Barmes (they'd be nuts to do that), and if on some universe, Fielder came to them and said give me $90 million over 6 years, Attanasio would hand him a pen before he finished the sentence. So they certainly can afford it. I'd go as high as $85 million over 5 for Reyes. The guy is a premier talent. Reyes is no more an injury risk than is Greinke, and Greinke isn't near the pitcher he was in 2009. I'd rather give that money to Reyes, and find pitching elsewhere.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    Assuming the same 5 guys will be solid next year because they were solid this year is dangerous. Without Fielder or a significant upgrade elsewhere, solid isn't going to be good enough anyway. I agree with NDOG44. There's no reason to hold back Peralta. If you think he's a major league talent, he needs to be in the major leagues. He's got plenty of minor league innings. There's only so much a guy can learn facing minor leaguers and there's only so much you can learn about him. Peralta's K/BB ratio of 2.25 to 1 in the minors indicates his command is decent. He hasn't walked a ton of guys.
  21. JohnBriggs12
    A one year deal in the $5 million range with incentives would be a risk worth taking. He does bring a lefty bat with 25-30 HR potential and that would take some pressure off of Gamel. Assuming Morgan gets dealt, they'd still have Gomez to platoon there also and a Gomez/Schafer platoon to fall back on if he's an utter failure. Certainly would beat bringing in a Carlos Pena for more money.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    Diving for ball you can't get to means exactly what? The range issue is mostly based on that and that's why it's overblown. There is far more to the position than laying out for balls. Betancourt is very nifty around the bag turning double plays. His feeds to 2B are generally right where they need to be to facilitate the turn. His hands are quick when he takes the feed from 2B. He also showed the ability to handle tough throws and get tags down quickly on steal attempts. Offensively his approach has led to an average of 73 RBI the past 2 seasons. For a SS, that's productive. From the All Star break through the playoffs, he hit .279 and slugged .439. If you allow for the first half being an adjustment period in a new league, it's not unrealistic to think he'll hit .270-.275 and slug over .400 for a full season in 2012. Batting down in the order, his low OBP isn't as detrimental as it would be higher in the order.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    Keeping in mind that Olney is the guy that said the Brewers were set to sign Carlos Lee to an extension 3 days before he was traded to the Rangers in 06, it's hard to put much stock in his speculation. In 2010, Sizemore had microfracture surgery. This past season he had sports hernia surgery. It was also feared he damaged the same knee that the surgery was done on, but that turned out not to be the case. I heard a surgeon talk about microfracture surgery a few months ago. His take on basically it was it gets a bad rap that a player should eventually be as good as new. Sizemore is certainly young enough and talented enough that he'd be a guy capable of earning a comeback player of the year award and he likely could be had on the relative cheap. His strikeout rate was alarmingly high in 2011 though.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    I'd be down too. Way down. These are just the kind of FA signings that scream .500 team (in a good year). Barmes is fine defensively but he's a .230 hitter away from Coors for his career. Pena's hit .227, .195, and .225 the last 3 years. Oh he'll walk some, mainly because he can't make contact, but he's averaged 150 strikeouts over the past 5 seasons and he can't hit lefties at all (.133 last year). Plus he'll be 34 next year. Spending $15 million on 2 mediocre players who's production could likely be matched by minimum wage combo of Gamel and Maysonet makes zero sense. If you've got that much to spend on mediocrity, you might as well add $2-3 million and go after a difference maker like Reyes.
  25. JohnBriggs12
    It's possible they could allocate $52 million or so to the rotation for one year. It would indicate they've soured on giving a long term big bucks deal to Greinke.
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